import QtQuick 2.8 import QtQml.Models 2.1 DelegateModel { id: visualModel model: ListModel { id: myLM ListElement { name: "Apple" } ListElement { name: "Orange" } } filterOnGroup: "selected" groups: [ DelegateModelGroup { name: "selected" includeByDefault: true } ] delegate: Text { Component.onCompleted: { DelegateModel.inPersistedItems = true DelegateModel.inSelected = false } text: "item " + index } }